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Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah said that the UN investigation of the 2005 assassination of Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri will likely lead to indictments for members of the Shiite militant and political organization. The indictments, should they come to pass, could cause trouble for the government of Prime Minister Saad Hariri, son of the slain Hariri -- whose untested government entered into a power-sharing arrangement with members of the Hezbollah opposition.

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The four suspects in the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri are being urged to turn themselves in by the head of a special UN-backed tribunal. Judge Antonio Cassese released an open letter guaranteeing the four members of Hezbollah a fair trial.

Thousands of protesters took to the streets Monday in the Lebanese city of Tripoli after the Iran-backed Shiite group Hezbollah secured the appointment of its candidate as the next Lebanese prime minister. The group brought to collapse this month the country's Western-leaning government after a dispute over the investigation by a UN tribunal into the 2005 assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, in which Hezbollah is expected to implicated.

United Nations prosecutors issued sealed indictments after an investigation into the 2005 assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri. Lebanon's government collapsed ahead of the indictments and the country's politicians remain deeply divided over support for the UN investigation. The atmosphere in Beirut is reportedly tense, with the prospect of violence on the part of the Shiite group Hezbollah, which is suspected of complicity in the assassination.

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday called for restraint by regional forces as a UN tribunal moves forward with its probe into the 2005 assassination of Rafik Hariri, the former Lebanese prime minister. The comments were understood to be intended for the chief critics of the inquiry, primarily Hezbollah and the Syrian government.

An extensive criminal organization was responsible for the 2005 assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, Canadian investigator Daniel Bellemare said in a report Friday to the United Nations Security Council. Bellemare, who is set to become prosecutor for the UN tribunal that will try the case, will continue his investigation.